English 2 Vocab Words LS 14

Question 1

canine

Answer 1

any animal belonging to the dog family; of or like a dog

Question 2

ossified

Answer 2

to change into bone; to harden like bone; to become rigid, hardhearted, or opposed

Question 3

meager

Answer 3

noticeably inadequate; scanty; lean; thin

Question 4

ravages

Answer 4

to inflict terrible destruction; to ruin violently; the act of destroying; great damage

Question 5

apex

Answer 5

the highest point of something; vertex; the culmination or point of climax

Question 6

defunct

Answer 6

no longer in existence or functioning; dead

Question 7

perceive

Answer 7

to become aware of or to understand by means of the senses; to detect; to observe; to grasp the meaning of

Question 8

bourgeois

Answer 8

of or like the middle class- often referring to a focus upon material things and respectability; a middle-class person; the middle class

Question 9

influx

Answer 9

a flowing in, as of people or things

Question 10

obliterated

Answer 10

to blow or wipe out completely; to erase, leaving no trace